Producers attend 2016 Schumacher Memorial Livestock Day

More than 40 livestock operators attended the annual Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock Day held at the GN Lodge room. Producers received information on the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Veterinary Feed Directive, the science behind antimicrobial vaccines and the food supply, moisture outlook, and the cattle feeding sector of the beef business.

Dr. Dragon Momcilovic, discussed the implementation of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). All medically important antibiotics approved for use in feed and water will be VFD or by prescription beginning January 1, 2017. As a producer you will n...